Tales of the unexpected? Hidden resilience in poor households in Britain

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 238-245

  Canvin, Krysia ^a   Marttila, Anneli ^b   Burstrom, Bo ^b   Whitehead, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

England; Health inequalities; Poverty; Qualitative; Resilience; UK; Wales

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; FINANCE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; RESILIENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; POVERTY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WALES;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649382943     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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